Abstract
My article analyses the achievers of freedom in the select novels of Tagore who dedicate themselves to the higher ideals of love, self-knowledge and truth. They represent Tagore’s vision of freedom where man-made shackles fail to trap the Universal Man. Tagore’s idea of freedom begins with the personal and ends with the universal. The different characters in his novels reach different levels of freedom in their search. They struggle as they are faced with challenges, but they all grow. The true achievers analyzed in the select novels of Tagore are the emancipated characters who possess the innate strength to confront the outward challenges of the society and achieve ultimate freedom by transcending from the lower self through love, knowledge and creativity.
Highlights
Tagore is fondly remembered as a poet, novelist, philosopher, dramatist, actor, composer, teacher, painter et al, but above all these he was a profound humanist and a nationalist with feelings of universal brotherhood
In the select novels of Tagore the achievers exercise their freedom within a given context
Bannerjee and Sister Nivedita to name a few. It triggered the Swadeshi era (1905-1911) that enthused a feeling of patriotic nationalism amongst the Bengalis. These movements that advanced the cause of Hindu nationalism allured Tagore and he realized that India must primarily address its social problems, “we in India have...to remove those social customs and ideals which have generated a want of self-respect...” ( Mitra, p. 245) Swadeshi was followed by a call to boycott foreign goods, aimed at restoring the economy of the country
Summary
Tagore is fondly remembered as a poet, novelist, philosopher, dramatist, actor, composer, teacher, painter et al, but above all these he was a profound humanist and a nationalist with feelings of universal brotherhood. Nationalism, humanism or universalism, all amalgamate proportionately in Tagore’s world of complete freedom. For Anandamoyee and Paresh Babu in Gora and Nikhil in Ghare-Baire freedom is an inseparable part of their identity; “freedom is a consciousness, a consciousness of the being of man.”
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